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What if Mahdists Spread into Arabia?

The Sudanese Mahdists, perhaps instead of fighting Ethiopia, push across the Red Sea into the Hejaz. The goal of this invasion being to spread their movement to the very center of Islam and the holy cities. How would the peoples of Arabia, in particular the Emirate of Nejd, have reacted to the Mahdists? Ottoman reaction? Impact?
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